Talk about a "theme!"

I finished Suite Francaise - as well written as Sarah's Key is not - and was so moved by not only the novel, but by Irene N.'s story too.

I'm excited for all of you to get through it.

And I'm half way through Resistance by Anita Shreve - about the French underground in Belgium in the same time period - actually 1944 - but a gripping story too.

I also started Rhett Butlter's People - it's my new SSR (Sustained Silent Reading) book. The glory that is GWTW just goes on and on!!

Sarah's Key

Bonny hasn't read Sarah's Key yet - I will take it to her tomorrow - since we are going there after the temple - we have a wedding to attend in Ojai at 11 a.m. so we thought we'd try to avoid all the extra driving.

Anyway, if you'd like to get a head start - I think we should read Suite Francaise to compare the two. The above photo is of the author - her story is fascinating.

So happy reading - we'll start discussing soon!!

Getting going

Since I'm leading a "book discussion," I thought a "school pix" of me might be apropos. (Actually couldn't think of any other image - and it's nice to have images on a blog now and then!)

I confess that as I started reading this book, I figured out some of what was going to be happening. And in my own impatient style, I skimmed through the book to the end - and my suspicions were confirmed.

But as always happens when I skim that way, I do find out some major details that I suspected - and then realize that the ending has some minor details that I don't understand.

And in addition to being impatient, I am also very curious. So I have to go back and read for the details.

Which is why I love Gone With the Wind - I read it the first time when I was young - and didn't know about "skipping ahead" so I read all the details and wasn't impatient. Now I can just read the "good parts!"

Which leads to my next question - that I want everyone to consider as they read - why does the author "set us up" so blatantly? Or do you even think that she does? (I do.) And many books do this - is it just "bad writing?" Or am I expecting great literature when the author was just intending fiction?

Your thoughts??